Monday, June 27, 2016

Well last weekend was going fine at the State Convention for
the Democratic Party of New Mexico until the last few minutes. Then the Bernie
or Bust people had to make a scene when it came to the State Platform. They
pulled out two resolutions. One opened up all party primaries to anyone who
wanted to vote no matter how they were registered. The second would do away
with Super-Delegates in our state.

Now the facts:

All the Hillary Clinton Delegates
which represent a majority of the party left after casting their votes for
National Delegates. It was a long day for them. Because of this they can remove
those resolutions the next time they meet at the next state meeting.

The Bernie or Bust people made it
clear that they do not want to be members of the Democratic Party because that
would require them to work for candidates. Support party views that are not
going to get them their fifteen minutes of fame. In other words they threw their
little temper tantrum and then went home like most children do.

Finally the Bernie or Bust delegates don’t understand that the platform is not
binding on candidates in anyway. We have been fighting for years to get
candidates to take it more serious but after this stunt all our hard work in
down the tubes. The candidates can now point to this issue and say that the
platform does not represent the majority of voters. I would not blame them one
little bit.

Most of the Bernie or Bust Delegates but not all
were attending their first statewide convention. Some were members for less
than a year. The party should make it a requirement for delegates to get training
for how to behave as delegates to either country or state conventions. They
should teach the younger people how the system works so that this does not
happen again. The party should make it mandatory to get the training before
they can attend conventions as a delegate. They should be taught to show some
respect for party leaders at least in public at the convention. Then any
delegates that is rude or disrespectful can be removed for the floor during the
convention.

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1/1/10 A new year and a number of future elections to cover. The budget will be a major issue this year and we must work hard to protect the core values of our party.